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Featherbed Lane Bridle Path – Paddington Bear Statue loop from Ashby de la Zouch

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Featherbed Lane Bridle Path – Paddington Bear Statue loop from Ashby de la Zouch

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Featherbed Lane Bridle Path – Paddington Bear Statue loop from Ashby de la Zouch

00:44

7.06km

50m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

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5.17 km

Featherbed Lane Bridle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

A great place to hit the trails to the North of Ashby - you can walk for miles without having to use a road e.g. to the Calke Estate or Staunton Harold. There is no official parking but you can leave your car on the road just before the bridleway proper begins. How can hundreds of dog walkers be wrong!

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5.94 km

Paddington Bear Statue

Highlight • Monument

Share a moment with Paddington, take a selfie, and eat at least 4 marmalade sandwiches 🥰🧸

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6.03 km

Stretton Bikes

Highlight • Structure

Brilliant bike shop! They are so helpful and very knowledgeable.

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6.12 km

The Tap at No. 76

Highlight • Pub

Tollgate Brewery's Tap. Bloody Marvelous beer! Oh, the Ashby Pale!!

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6.47 km

The Loudoun Monument

Highlight • Monument

The memorial is to Edith, Lady Maud Hastings, Countess of Loudoun, a member of the ancient Hastings family who had been important in this area for centuries. As a sort of "lady of the manor" she was much loved by the townspeople, and died at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight in 1874.

It was one of the last designs by the eminent architect Gilbert Scott, and completed in 1879, the year after his death.

The design is based on the Eleanor Crosses, set up by Edward I as memorials to his Queen, Eleanor of Castile, at places where her body rested on its way to London. Only three of these remain - at Geddington and Hardingstone in Northamptonshire and at Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire, just outside the Essex town of Waltham Abbey.

The inscription on the memorial is by Benjamin Disraeli.

The Loudoun Memorial stands on the site of Gawbey's Hole, a water pump where much gossiping was wont to take place.

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